George Arliss
Born: 1868-04-09 in London, England, UK
Died: 1946-02-05
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia George Arliss (10 April 1868 – 5 February 1946) was an English actor, author, playwright and filmmaker who found success in the United States. He was the first British actor to win an Academy Award – which he won for his performance as Victorian-era British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli in Disraeli (1929), as well as the earliest-born actor to win the honour.
Filmography
1984
- Going Hollywood: The '30s as Self (archive footage)
1943
- The Voice That Thrilled the World as Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)
1940
- The Eternal Jew as Mayer Rothschild (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Cavalcade of the Academy Awards as Self (archive footage)
1939
- Land of Liberty as Alexander Hamilton (edited from 'Alexander Hamilton')
1937
- Doctor Syn as Dr Syn
1936
- His Lordship as Richard Fraser / Lorimer, Lord Duncaster
- East Meets West as Sultan of Rungay
1935
- Cardinal Richelieu as Cardinal Richelieu
- The Guv'nor as François Rothschild aka The Guv'nor
- The Tunnel as Prime Minister of Great Britain
1934
- The Last Gentleman as Cabot Barr
- The House of Rothschild as Mayer Rothschild / Nathan Rothschild
- The Iron Duke as Duke of Wellington
1933
- Voltaire as Voltaire
- The Working Man as John Reeves alias John Walton
- The King's Vacation as Phillip, the King
1932
- A Successful Calamity as Henry Wilton
- The Man Who Played God as Montgomery Royle
1931
- Alexander Hamilton as Alexander Hamilton
- The Millionaire as James Alden
- Impressions of Disraeli as Benjamin Disraeli
1930
- Old English as Sylvanus Heythorp
- The Green Goddess as The Raja
1929
- Disraeli as Benjamin Disraeli
1924
- Twenty Dollars a Week as John Reeves
1923
- The Green Goddess as Rajah of Rukh
1922
- The Man Who Played God as Montgomery Royle
- The Ruling Passion